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2 Ar FD ORM 112—PART f ‘aban 1 JUNE 1948 V countny | REPORT NO. ay crx ye. USA 1-53 ae bel ft eee I ne tr mt we ee a P a ra _ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT (CLASSIFICATION) é + $ 4 LF? we f : Y, qentifiled fTlyinzs o| . a ae + a ee ateage — —_ AREA REPORTED ON | FROM (Ageney) Yuma, ,rizona Ai +7 50th ARG, Yurs County Airport, Ariz, i DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION Ko 3° “7 § Pahrruser 1953 | Rsiriyvy re tea > 2eOYWA 495 4 be 0 Sor tell | 953 “ae bls gh oe eliadle ~ i Mcteh 5 S ND IO TEIN " of PREPARED BY (Officer) Px : SOURCE Captain Gaylord G. Duren | Personal interview “REFEREMCES ( Conérol number, directive, previous report, eic., a3 applicable) Arh 2005 29 April ROS j | SUMMARY: ( (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance i in final oné-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of report on AF Form 112--Part IT.) 4 #ebruary 1953, Yuma, Arizona, a agical aid for U. 5. YWeatagr reau was searcning for 2 lost weather bellon aid of a-theodite, At 1350 ¥ MST he sighted a solid whits, oblong object at Lon of 157.2° and elevation of 53,3°, : A ee o95ject was a solid white Schr sro in shave and appeared to be-:covered - ali thin,;white miste . The size of th e object was 1 minute of are, sey mate ime appeared 28 a seseading straight up: then leveled out in a long swoou-at an‘. . Some 29 seconds later this object was joined by: & Reconay ges Yer ame-ag the f size lor d shapes: Object No appearsd: from th and crossed 2 | It then ditions? Se in’ doing’ se; No':2.1 ut Ce nteset ana te Panatoak berkind and slightly athe disactton of object No 2 were ange: swooping turns. across the horizon, they remained the same relative both disappeared simultaneously at an Saceat ae 20%. 1° 4.19 the sky was covered by cirrus clouds. ae aur x obscured the objects and ther were original sightings there vas a vy when tney pacsed near the sun. © i © ~ = ct cr ry tj ' t+ (O ct “ mM fy © y flu ry tH} @ es cr pe In ee cD oi z fon : : Vision for ap pproximately 6 mi a hela | | theodolite are lat, 30° 40. minutes nz, 114° 36 minutes st weather bolton with-the. ? the theodolite- RARE was. looking for ! r) loov level when the were first si . He did not find. hig- ballon, fe) Se stendine at an elevation.o 99. 2 ; 5240e 01 th uma County Aire : es building. 3 it tas objects: movs mo: rapidly. jy sallon he has ever signtem in his 10 yea eperia meteorological aid. ects moved @cainst the winds alo Wes wind. ! 50, | | sturongly that ne ac tually Sav a solid ideo was no glimmer: or reflection from the sv in “PY ORIGINATOR pcg, ah te ae “. u 2. ULE eLer. OF. intet ** o “_“ y oe Aone hy whe . oy “- I a Fa) Le cS ee Wey a . e = ad . ,* " > | } hale as = ana . Siar . ) chm gael Blpr err dear as 4. Ca. a’ “ re. eee ~SOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 59 U.S. C.—~ | ‘2, AS AMANDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON'S PROHIBITED BY LAW. OTs RE PEPRODUCED IN WHC.S OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF ~- eS USAR, 3 : “i nme pe Ee * cramummpttmanenase adnan Cor nomenon. * “{(CLASSIFICATION) LO—~BGESF"F Ue Se GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. | Declassification Authority: NND 57565 "Sighting of flying objects* She location Yuma County Airport, February 4, 1953, time 1350 M,.3.T. I was using a theodolite to follow a pilot balloon, which was at 6,000 feet Mean Sea Level, I took my syes away from the eyes pabece for a few seconds, _ returned “my eye to the eye piece, and the balloon was out of the field. fhe readings were 53 degrees elevation, and direction from me 157 degrees, _. ‘time 1556 9.3.7. I then saw ons object going upward, and surving to the . West. I had & clear sky background, and although it moved through the - field rapidly was able to see it clearly, and follow the flight, About --.. 29 seconds after sighting the first object a seeong object came into the ‘field, and swooped upward and across the path of the first object. Ths ie ee first object flew toward the West, while the second object swooped acress =. ...9m near the path of the first object three to four times, going out of the “Sr Ldeld-.abowt two times for a moment. The two objects passed near the lower Bee ae _-portion. of.the sun, and were traveling westward, the second objeet. below Ss et as ‘ _~ and behind the first object, when a Cirrus sloud came inte the theodslite soos field, I lost sight of the two objects. Yhe exact position at that time, elevation ‘Bugle 29.1 degrees and direction from the instrument 204,} dotreess The time 1355 4.3.7. , after having followed the two objects through the | 3f power oes aes gtd ier x paren of 5 minutes with a clear sky baskerounde.. The objects: were ‘beth the seue size, as nearly as I can figure one nivannbis of are in size, The objects were almost round, a solid, dull, pure white colar, with a thin white nist ey edging each ob4 est. . Zz an a Meteprologisal Aid enployed with the United States Weather Bureau, having foilowed balloons through a theodolite fer the past ten years. I also hed a private pilots license, and having flown in military and siziiim airoraft frquextly in the pest ten years, I am absolutely certain of whats I have seen through the theodolite ae described in the foregoing paragraphs. oe WOES Declassification Authority: NND 57565 - PR: Re sy MF FORM 1122-PART | —— ae ‘ (CLASSIFICATION) _ APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 COUNTRY REPORT NO. (LE. AN. FUR 0 USA 1-53 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION ae SUBJECT Unidentified flying cbjects —— AREA REPORTED ON ~ | FROM (Agency) Yuma, Arizona 4750th ABG, Yuma County Airport, Ariz, § DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 6 February 1953 2 Hebruary 1953 Fairly reliable PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Captain Gaylord G. Duren REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) AFL 200-5, 29 April 1952 SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) Personal interview On 4 February 1953, Mr. Stanley H. Brown, 403 22nd Avenue, Yuma, Arizona, a meteorolégical aid for U, 5. Weather Bureau was searching for a lost weather ballon with the aid of @ theodite, At 1350 MST he sighted a solid white, oblong Object at a direction of 157.2° and elevation of 53,3°, the object was a solid white color, ,oblong in shape and appeared to be covered by a small thin, white mist, The size of the object was 1 minute of arc, It appeared as assending straight up then leveled out in a long swoop at an elevation of LSS et nome <0 seconds later this object was joined by a second object, exactly ‘ine same as the first tn size, col a and shape. Object No 2 appcared from the left below and crossed’ No 1 to a position £ It then crossed No 1 again to a position below. This was done several sthne. n doing so, No 2 left the field of theodolive twice but re-entered and remained behind and slightly helow object No l, The changes in direction of object No 2 were smooth swooping turns. As the objects moved rapidly across the horizon, they remained the same relative size, They both disappeared simultaneously at an angle of 20/4.19 at an ia o1°.: At: 204,2° the sky was covered by cirrus clouds at approximately The clouds obscured the objects and they were immediately lost from At the time of criginal sighting there was a clear sky background, were Jost momentarily when they passed near the sun. ‘They reappeared on the of the sun. the objects remained in vision for approximately 5 minutes. Coordinates of the theodolite are lat. 32° 40 minut-¢ N and long, 114° 36 minutes W, Mr. Brown was looking for his rai weather ballon with the aid at a 6000 foot level when the ob; jyects were first sighted. He did He was oo at an elevation Of 199. feet on the south le. of port terminal building. Mr. Brown states that the ob ja: noved much more rapidly than any aie he “hae ever Sighted in his 10 years experience as meteorological aid. The objects moved against the winds aloft which were from the west. Surface wind was from the bedi” at ae Mr. Brown fecls strongly that he actually saw a solid objec aircraft. inere was no glimmer or refle aeban from the sun, CU Oba! uv an) area but they were uot in ‘DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR Th) atay ~~ Was a i: TIS? a oa Vn Director of : ice Seteaap ey Una’, Weshineton Mn, 35 ae ee: | aged Pie 3 “i : ine cae pip gene yolert Air lecl +: : Center, Attn: ATIAA-2C, Wrigt atters on AFR. Ohio (1 cy) NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U. S.C.— 31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. are et tat <a la alnal 16—55569-1 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE — February 6, 1955 : Stanley H, Brown Yuma, County Airport Yuma, Arizona "Sighting of flying objects”* The location Yuma County Airport, February 4, 1953, time 1350 M,&,T. I was using a theodolite to follow a pilot balloon, which was at 6,000 feet Mean Sea Level. I took my eyes away from the eye pbboee for a few seconds, returned my eye to the eye piece, and the balloon was out of the field. The readings were 55 degrees elevation, and direction from me 157 degrees, time 1550 M.8.f%. I then saw one object going upward, and curving to the West. I had a clear sky background, and although it moved through the field rapidly was able to see it clearly, and follow the flight, About 20 seconds after sighting the first object a secong object cme into the field, and swooped upward and across the path of the first object. The first object flew toward the West, while the second object swooped across or near the path of the first object three to four times, going out of the field about two times for a moment. The two objects passed near the lower portion of the sun, and were traveling westward, the second object below end behind the first object, when a Cirrus cloud came into the theodolite field, I lost sight of the two objects. The exact position at that time, elevation angle 29.1 degrees and direction from the instrument 204,11 defrees, The time 1555 M.8.T. , after having followed the two objects through the 52 pewer theodolite for a period of 5 minutes with a clear sky background, The objects were both the same size, as nearly as I can figure one minute of are in size, The objects were almost round, a solid, dull, pure white color, with a thin white mist completely edging each o}jecot. I am a Meteprologieal Aid employed with the United States Weather Bureau, having followed balloons through a theodolite for the past ten years. I also hold a private pilots license, and having flown in military and Gitilim aircraft frguently in the past ten years, I am absolutely certain of what I have seen through the theodolite as described in the foregoing paragraphs, L ("> ‘ ff f i ? ; vo “f i “i } i U ° a 7 Declassification Authority: NND 57565